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Thu, Feb 16, 2017

Ariane 5's First Launch This Year A Success

Delivers Two Satellites Into Orbit

An Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, has delivered the Sky Brasil-1 and Telkom-3S telecom satellites into their planned orbits.

Liftoff of flight VA235 was announced at 21:39 GMT (22:39 CET, 18:39 local time) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana for a mission lasting about 39 minutes.

Sky Brasil-1 was the first to be released about 27 minutes into the mission. The Telkom-3S was released about 12 minutes later.

Sky Brasil-1, operated by AT&T/DirecTV, will provide high-definition television to Brazil. The satellite has a design life of more than 19 years.

Indonesia’s Telkom-3S will provide the nation with high-definition television, mobile communications and Internet. Some services will also cover Southeast Asia and Malaysia. The satellite has a design life of more than 16 years.

The payload mass for this launch was 10,482 kg (approx. 23,000 pounds).

Flight VA235 was the 91st Ariane 5 mission.

(Image provided with Arianespace news release)

FMI: www.arianespace.com

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